Old savage sporter The Firearms Forum. Hi All Since Savage Arms can no longer support there older products I am looking for information on an. Now here is the problem this is an older firearm before savage started using model numbers. Its last patent date is November 2. All that is stamped on the barrel is savage sporter and. The serial number is below 1. XX. So here is the question the rifle is in good shape but requires a magazine as none came with it I have no clue as to how many rounds it held or what it looked like Maybe some other Savage. Can anybody help with thisSavage has basiclly divided up the types of rifles and given them their own series. 2 digit numbers are Short Actions and 3 digit numbers are long actions. All Fox Model Bs were made by Savage Arms Corp. After WWII it appears that for some years Savage did not put serial numbers on their Fox Model B.